Envelope



Aug. 2s, 1923. y 1,466,420 Y J. W. BUNKER ET AL ENVELOPE Filed Feb. 26.1921 Patented Aug. 2E, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.L

JOHN W. BUNKIVEE AND ASHTON li. BONEY, OF NEX/V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS"EO SERVICE BAG CO. TNC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORFORATION OF NEVIYDRK.

ENVELOPE.

Application filed February 26, 1921.

To aZZ whom t may concern.

Be it known that We, JOHN XV. Bonnin: and AsnToN M. Bonny, residents ofthe city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York,citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Envelopes, of which the following is a specication.

Our invention relates to an improvement in envelopes, the purpose of thepresent invention being to provide a simple means of both fastening andproviding a handle for the envelope, the invention being especiallyadapted to envelopes used for carrying articles of mrchandise such asrecords and the like.

The present invention consists of an envelope having two registeringslots cut through the superimposed layers of the envelope, the tonguescut in forming these slots being bent from opposite sides and oppositeedges through the slots in opposite directions whereby one tongue closesthe loiver part of the envelope Where the slot is formed and the otherIforms a portion of the handle. The portion through which the slots andtongues 'are formed may be reenforced or not or may be chemicallytreated, if desired, to stii'fen the paper.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a'vieW in side elevation in its simplest form.

Figure 2 is a transverse, vertical section therethrough before thetongues or flaps are bent.

Figure 3 is a similar view after 'they are bent in opposite directionsfrom opposite sides and opposite edges of the slots.

Figure et is a. view similar to Figure l with the parts reinforced, and

Figure 5 is a vertical, transverse section through the reinforcedportion.

The numeral l, represents a paper bag which may be of any suitabledimensions, and 2 and 3 indicate tvvo slots preferably more or lesselliptical in form, of any suitable size, but conveniently of a size toreceive the four fingers of the hand to serve with the top of theenvelope as a handle.

The slots 2 and 3, are similar in form and cut in the tivo layers of thebag opposite each other so that they register and the flaps or tongues4L and 5, extend from the opposite edges of the opposite slots and arebent in opposite directions so that the lower tongue Serial No. 448,178.

or flap 4, is adapted to be bent through the two slots and doivn overthe opening into the sack thus closing the same and the upper flap ortongue 5, is bent in the opposite direction through the two slots andfolded upwardly thus reenforcing the portion between the slots and theupper edge of the bag to form a three-ply handle portion by which thebag is carried.

iVhile the bags may be made in different sizes and shapes, they areparticularly adapted for carrying parcels such as phonograph records andthe like, in this way insuring against their being dropped or damaged,or against accidentally slipping out of the bag or envelope, i

In the construction shown in Figures 4L and 5, the bag is eithertoughened or hardened chemically or has a reenforcing` material 6, gluedor otherwise secured toieither one or both outer surfacesof the t\volayers of the envelope or bag, thus reenforcing and strengthening thebag orenvelope at this point and making the handle portion both strongerand thicker so that it is less liable to pull out or cut the hands ofthe person carrying the same.

The slots 7, and tongues or flaps 8 and 9, are cut through and adaptedto be bent from opposite sides and edges in opposite directions as inthe form previously described, the

only difference in this envelope being the reenforcement Where the slotsland fiaps or tongues are formed.

It is understood that the reenforcing material when applied thereto isof such a nature that the tongues or flaps take a set when bent inopposite directions.

In this way .ve provide a simple, eonvenient receptacle in the nature ofan article of manufacture which can be made sullicientlv cheap and atthe same time having the revquired adaptability and utility toibe usedfor carrying various kinds of merchandise to suit the requirements ofthe shopper While affording a convenient handle and a. fastening meansto hold the articles in the receptacle and against vaccidentallyslipping out and becoming lost. i

XVe claim,

An article of the character described including a bag havingcorrespondingly shaped registering slots cut in the front and back andWholly Within the body of the bag, the entire cut-out portion formingthe slots left integral at the opposite edges of the sots a handle forthe ngers of the person carryin the front and back of the bag, forminging the bag. Y

tongues which are adapted to be bent in op- In testimony whereof Wehereunto affix 10 posits directions through the opposite slot oursignatures. Y f 5 and folded back against the body pol-tion to fastenthe bag in closed position at both ol JOHN W. BUNKERQ` the oppositeedges of the slots and leaving ASHTN 4M. BONEY.

